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Mutations in patients with osteogenesis imperfecta from consanguineous Indian families.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2015
Stephen Joshi, Girisha Katta Mohan, Dalal Ashwin, Shukla Anju, Shah Hitesh, Srivastava Priyanka, Kornak Uwe, Phadke Shubha R
Abstract excerpt
Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a spectrum of genetic disorders with decreased bone density and bone fragility. Most of the cases of OI are inherited in autosomal dominant fashion with mutations in COL1A1 or COL1A2 genes. Over last few years, twelve genes for autosomal recessive OI have been identified. In this study we have evaluated seven patients with OI from consanguineous Indian families. Homozygosity...
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